Otis Livingston converted a three-pointer with one second left to give George Mason an 81-79 win over Saint Joseph's (7-8; 2-2 A-10) in Atlantic 10 action at EagleBank Arena, snapping the Hawks two-game winning streak.

Saint Joseph's Chris Clover converted a layup off the inbounds pass with five seconds left to give the Hawks their first lead of the second half, 79-78. But it was short-lived as the Patriots inbounded and went the length of the court to set up Livingston's game winner.

Shavar Newkirk led SJU with 24 points while Clover had a season-high 19. James Demery scored 16 points and Taylor Funk had 15, making four three-pointers, for the Hawks.

George Mason took its biggest lead of the game, 67-55, with over nine minutes to play but SJU scored seven straight to come within, 67-62.

The Hawks stayed within striking distance the rest of the game, never trailing by more than seven points. After Livingston hit his fourth three-pointer of the night to build GMU's lead to 72-65, Clover made a three of his own to pull SJU within, 72-68. Funk followed with a three at 3:39 to cut SJU's deficit to 72-71 but Kier hit a jumper to maintain Mason's lead, 74-71. Saint Joseph's would come within a point two more times, and trailed 78-77 at :45 on a free throw by Nick Robinson. A three-point attempt by Newkirk at :15 was off the mark and then Grayer missed a free throw at :12.

After a miss on their next attempt, the Hawks retained possession and Pierfrancesco Oliva inbounded underneath to Clover, who hit the layup at :05 to give SJU its first and last lead of the second half.

The fast-paced first half saw the teams trading baskets throughout the first few minutes. George Mason broke a 12-12 tie and eventually expanded it to 26-18. The Hawks went without a field goal for almost three minutes until Newkirk broke the streak with a pair of threes to pull SJU within, 30-25.

Grayer hit two jumpers to build the GMU lead back up to 35-27, but a three by Funk and layup by Demery got the Hawks within 35-32. Saint Joseph's cut it to a three-point margin a few times in the final minutes of the half, but Mason scored the final basket of the half and had the 47-42 lead at the break.

It was the most points allowed in a half (47) by the Hawks and the highest shooting percentage by an opponent (63%) this year.

Saint Joseph's committed only three turnovers in the game, but struggled from the foul line in the second half, making just 8-of-13.

The inbounder got a direct run and Livingston made a tough shot. But it wasn't just that play," said Hawk coach Phil Martelli. "We were trying to win a game where we had to get to 79. Offensively we did alright. We never established anything defensively. We couldn't establish an individual stopper. A 47-point half on the road was a method for disaster and that's what tonight was."

The Hawks will play their second straight road game on Sunday, January 14 when they visit Massachusetts. The 5 p.m. game will be televised on NBCSN.